Cigarette-dispensing machine



. 1,638,732 Aug- 9 1927' J, HANTSCHEL CIGARETTE DI SPENSING MACHINE Filed Dec. 28, 1925 5 sheets-sheet 1 l By I wre/a7@ HQWZScI/e Attamey Aug. 9, 1927. 1,638,732

y .1. HANTSCHEL CIGARETTE DISPENSING MACHINE Filed Dec.l28, 1925 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 A1,638,732 Aug. 9, 1927. J HANTSQHEL CIGARETTE DISPENSING MACHINE 3 Sheets-Sl'leer.. 3

Filed Dec. 28, 1925 Inventor Patented Aeig'. 9, 1927.

i Pera-Nr ortica.

e :rosnrn 'nAN'rscnnn or ArrLnToN, wisconsin'.

" CIGARETTE-prennent@ M'Acnmn.

nppueeaen mea December 28,1925'. serial no.' 773cv.

-This invention relates lto' an improved- '.machine which is especially, but not necessarily .designed for dispensing cigarettes 1n a. re etermined manner. 5 riefly, the 4invention comprises a 4casing inxwhicha drummounted for rotation.'- This-'dr'um has its 'peripheryfashioned to .provide pockets. for receiving cigarettes.l Cooperative with thedrum is a 'delivery' j chute terminating in areceiving pan.v The chute is-located beneath the drum andwhen '7' the' drum, assumes predeterminedpositions, the cigarettes are dispensed one by oneto vrollldow'n the chute and intothe pocket .be-

fore they may be removed.'

' c eiving hopper and this is in' communica:

tion with an opening an especially de 4signed Vcigarette carton. -When the cartonA is open the ci arettesdrop therefrom into the hopper an then fall into the pockets of the drum as thelatter is-rotated. l-

One feature ofl construction of the improved machine is the main casing. This. is novel in. that itis composedof separable sections, one ofwhichincludes a false b ot'- tom 'carr'yingt the internal mechanism.

l' Thu's, access to the interior is facilitated.

Another important feature of construc- '30V tion." the especially designed.' holder -pro" vided on theexterior and top -of the' casing and 'adapted to accommodate a statutory package or carton of cigarettes.

yployed for rotating' the drum in a stepb step manner,4 this being operated 'throng vthe medium-goffcoin controlled mechanism,-

In the. accompanying drawings' forming.

a part of this application and in which like numerals are em loyed A to designate like parts throughout t e same Figure lis a front elevation' ofa cigarette vending machine constructed in aco cordance with Vthe present invention.

Fig. 2 is asectional and elevational View ofthe same showing the coin actuated mechanism,' casing structure and other details more plainly.' f

Fig. aie eveeaeel section sawing-ehe to Fig. 3 and showing certain of Fig. 6 vis a fragmentary'detailfvievvjsllowf coin actuatedmeansin detail.

.v '-.cartonuse d. At the top of -he drum 1s a cigarette re-v Fig. 8 a fragmentary view cfa portion "of the drumpshowing a a reference -c aracter V1 designates generally.

the casing. vIn the presentlshowing,r this casing is 'constructed of'w'ood, but in fpraetlce' .it may beof any appropriate material.

t'ively.

platee, the top wall 5, oppo s'ite'side walls,

ill further'feature ofthe construction I is tothe pawl and ratchet mechanism eme' top section's and 9. construction,

- ity Of-separate lpockets for receiving drum construction and holder the 'eignrette package.

Fig. '4 is also averticalsection, .the view Y being-'taken at ani-approximate ri' ht. angle' 'e detalls 1n elevation.

Fig. 5.is a horizontal .Setnftaken apofFigB.v

ing' the .pawl and ratchet mechanismland 7 `Fig'. 7 is anenlargedelevational the ,specialcigaret'te c ontaining'-package or" slightly diferent mode ofl construction.

Referrin tothe dra In accordance lwith my idea, thiszcasing will be'c'omposed of twosections`2gand3.

The section 2'remb0di'esthe and an intervening back wall. The'back i-'1'1- cludes 'an upperstationary section and a hingedly v*I'nounted-door '176. -A1')propriete lookin means is' provided forthe swingable .end o the door. The section 3 is builtinA the ferm; of a removable unit.. 'section comprisesfa falsebottom', a'frontwallB and a top portionv 9.' '-'The false bottom .-7 restsupon the main'base AYplate 4 as shown' plainly in 2 and '3'. Also as shown .1n ,F1g. 2,l there is a tongue and groove connection between the meeting edgesn'ofthe Mounted upon-the false. betten-1v' and eec'ured thereto in any-suitable manner fis a sheet metalbox or vcontainer 10.' evi-A dent fram Fig.' 3, vthe rotary fdrums 11 is, housed. 1n this boxl and thisv drum has'l italo(l periphery-constructed to' provide a pluralthe cigarettes12. Disposed withinthe box and beneath the llower ortion ofthef drum is a downwardly v*and orwardly 'chute 105 13 which-terminates in a' receiver 14 forthe 'dispensed cigarettes. It is obvious that as' the ciarettes are discharged, `one by one', 2

from t epockets ofthe drum they gravitatedown this chute 13' and' roll into the receiv- 110 pro'xnnately'up'on the 4 plane 'of the line' 5-5 viewof" I' ing pan-14.`A It will be noted, in this connec- A ence character see1Fig. 3). In addition,

the metal mergesinto a substantially circu;

lar holder indicated asa whole by the reference, 16, this holderbeinglocated on the exterior ofthe casing as shown.v As before in- Suitable locking means19 'is provided for' i u timated, the 'holder is.. adapted' to accommol5` v substantially correspondmg shape.

date'thecigarette package 17 vwhich is of ya It willbe"noted^from-Fig. 2 that `the holder isl yopenl on one side and that'thi's ov en side is closed by 4a hingedly4 mounted c osure 18 made in the form o a glass panel.

i maintaining `the'l panel normally 1- closed. l

252v ackage represente-d 4more plainly in Fig. Referring .to -this figure, it will be seen A.at the center'of one longitudinal edge 'with At this time itl isfadvisable `to consider the construction .of thestatutoryfcigarette I package, which may befofcardi board, lig t Weight metal, or the like, is of circularconfiguration in order to fit snugly .intothe correspondingly shaped' holder '16.. .Atlits bottom, it is .'provlded with anl opening which is"lbetter shown. inA Fig. 3.

At 'the op'ositeends of. this opening are. small bra ets`- 1 8receiv'ing the ends of 4a a bendable tabl 2 0 which' facilitates removal l: of'` the slide, thus serving asv a finger@ grip.

- ift-will be noted. thatthis tab, when bent asl-'shown 'ini Fig. 7 ,fse'rves to. coverasight -i openinl 2li/In addition, it will be -noted fromt is ligure that. thecancelle'd stamp 22 attached to the front side' of the passage and extends '.overthe tab 20.- Hence, yin

order-"to open the package, it is necessaryv to-'tear 'and destroy the cancelled stamp, after v vhichthe'tap- Vay be' bent Vdown. and

the .suda pulled open. v

" At {u1-is time, Ilf-would state ,thatv the i withthe required `caution notice, marks 'and .fbrandsp' It is" therefore evidentthat'when. 'the package v-isinserted into. the-.holder the torn stamp,` caution notice, and other -mat- 'ter will he .clearly visible through the trans- 'Y parentpanels 1 8. Thisisv doneiso that the statutory' ackag'e of; cigarettes when placedinthe ho der-may vbe inspected 'to ascertain whether it-compliesin every respect to the they he 'sold at `the rate on one cent each.

internal revenueflaws. without necessitating unlocking of the means' 1 9 for removal of the hasfbeen' bent dwnjand the slide 19 pulled arette package is provided von this same `si e' .order to permit the cigarettes in the carton to beinspected through-the panel. In thisv way it may be readilyascertained when the .package has become emptied in order that 1t may be replaced with a new one.

Itis desired to state here, that'in order-to comply With the law, this packagenwill be of a` size to .contain no more thanl one hundred clgarettes. v

Considering novv the construction ofthe operating means for the drum, it Will be observed v that this isbetter 4shovvn in Figs.'

-'2 and 6'. The .drum is of course mounted upon' a rotary'` shaft which isjournaled inl accordance with appropriate'bearings in the metal boxing 10.. lOneside ofthe boxing, as-shown in Fig. 2, has. a ratchet wheel 23 mounted; Also rockably mounted on the shaftand movable vindependent ofthe same is any arm 24 carrying'alpawl 25'- at its upper end which is adapted to engage the scf ratchet teeth. At its lower end the arm is provided W1th fa' pivoted actuator 26 which is slidable in the inner end of the guide tube 27. It should be noted that this guide tubef is formed in its bottom with av slot to per mit'passageof the'coin 28 therethrough. The coin, of course, drops into anappro.` priate removalreceptacle29. The guide tube extends through the front wall Sand a plunger 30 is slidably mounted therein. From'Fig. 6 itis plain that the.

plunger carries a cross pin 31 which is slidable in elongated slots 32 formed in side Walls of the guide tube 27. This limits the lool movement of the plunger. Also, a suitably anchored and constructed spring 33 bears i agalnst. the pin and serves to normally main-.-

tain the plunger in position for operation.

Extending up from the top of the vguide tube is an inclined passage 34 for the coins. .This passage is aligned with coin slots 35 as shown in Fig. 2. The slot is formed in anappropriate. face plate '36 as indicated in Fig. l. Suitable spring means suchas is shown in-F ig. 5 serves to maintain the parts 24., 25 and l26 in a normal position such as indicated in Fig. 2. Under such conditions, the part 26 partially covers the coin discharge slot and maintains the coin in the dotted line position here shown.'

vIt is yet to be mentioned that a' convenient form of moistener 37. may be' utilized, `andmay be contained in the boxing' 10 in order' to moisten the tobacco in the cigarettes.

The

lows v s `As before stated the cigarettes are dispensed one by one and it is intended that operation of the machine is as fol- Accordingly, when a purchaser places .a

cent through the coin intake slot, 35. (see Fig. 2), it gravitates down through the pascharge opening by the presence of the part 26. I-Iowever, by forcing the plunger 30 inwardly against the tension of its spring, it engages the coin which is interposedbetween itself andthe part 26. In so doing, the part 26' is forced inwardly in the guide and serves to impart a slight movement to the rockable arm 24. The result is that the ing that the statutory package. of cigarettes is placedl in theholder 16 after opening the door or panel 18. It is preferablyl placed in the holder in lan intact condition, and while resting in the holder, the cancelled stamp is torn to render the tab accessible.

' Then the tab is bent down into a horizontal position so that it constitutes a finger piece. It is then pulled and in so doing the slidable cover 19 is drawn to uncover the opening.

in the bottom of .the package. This allows the cigarettes to fall down in an orderly fashion into the hopper 16'as fshown'plainly in Fig. 3. Hence, as the drum comes around,

Y the pockets are `filled and the cigarettes dispensed in the step by step manner described. All necessary data on the front of the package is clearly visible through the transparent panel to permit it being separated and inspected from time to time. The mechanism for delivery of the cigarettes is a practically direct lfeed from the original stamped package, which always remainsin the machine until it is emptied. When it is emptied, it is immediately removed .and the revenue stamp is utterly destroyed so that there may be no possibility of re-use of the empty package. As before stated thepackage contains no more than one hundred cigarettes.

It isbelieved that by considering the description in connection with the drawings' persons skilled in the art to which the invention relates will be able to obtain a clear understanding of the same. Therefore, a more lengthy description is' thought unnecessary. While the preferred embodiment of the invention has been show n and described, it is to be' understoodthat minor changes com-l ingl within the field of invention claimed may be resorted to if'desired.

` Having thus described myV invention, what I claim as new is 1. In a vending machine, a casing,vend

ing means in said casing, and means for supplying cigarettes to said vending means, said supplymeans comprising a holder mounted on top of said casing, said holder being open on its side and provided with a closure permitting access to be had to the interior of the holder, to adapt the holder for reception of a cigarette containing packa e, said 'closure being transparent to permit t e passage to be inspected from the exterior with-f' out opening said closure.

2. In a vending machine of vthe class described, a casing, a box in said casing, a shaft journaled forv rotation in said box, a drum ixedly mounted upon said shaft and located in said'box, said drum having its periphery formed with a plurality of cigarette receiving pockets, a downwardly inclined def' livery chute arranged in said box, and beneath said drum, a holder on top of said casing, and a hopper associated with said holder and drum, whereby the cigarettes ,placed in the holder 'may be permitted to4 gravitate therefrom into said hopper and to further gravitate at the proper time into thepockets insaid drum.

3. In a vendi-ng'machine of the class vdescribed, a casing, a box in said casing, a shaft 'journaled for rotationl in said box, a drum fixedly mounted upon-said shaft and located 1n said box, said drum having its periphery formed with a plurality of cigarette receiving pockets, a downwardly inclined delivery chute arranged in 4said box, and beneath said drum, a holder on to of saidI casing and a hopper associated wit said holder and drum, whereby the cigarettes placed in the holder may be permitted to gravitate therefrom into said hopper and to further gravitate at the proper time into the -pockets in said drum, said box being of-a width considerably less than the width vof the interior of the casing to provide a space betweenl 'the casing and box, said shaft extending into said space, a pawl and ratchet mechanism associated with said shaft for rotating it in a step by step manner. l

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

JOSEPH HANTsoHEL.

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